Food Operations Manager 2

Full Time
McLean, VA 22101
Posted
Job description
Unit Description:
Use your passion for service to create a positive impact and make a difference!

Sodexo
is seeking an Food Operations Manager 2 for our Government Services segment in McLean, Virginia! This a great opportunity for a polished and professional Food Operations Manager seeking to grow their career and skill set.

At a minimum, applicants must meet the following qualifications:

  • Applicant must be a U.S. citizen.

  • Unquestionable loyalty to the United States and sound moral character as established by a comprehensive Federal Special Background Investigation (to include a polygraph).

  • Issues that could disqualify an applicant from consideration include, but are not limited to, whether the applicant has engaged in serious criminal activity, recent illegal drug use, a history of adverse employment actions to include absenteeism and termination, or significant credit problems such as recent bankruptcies.

Join our long -standing account within a government agency providing dining services to their staff and guests.

The best qualified candidate will be have a retail food service background in additional to culinary experience and be able to inspire their staff of 15 hourly frontline employees to uphold our standards at all times.

Are you a leader?
The Food Operations Manager will be in charge of:

  • An exciting executive dining room
  • Customer service
  • Client relations
  • Inventory
  • On-site marketing/digital signage
  • Purchasing compliance and ordering
  • Implementing sustainability initiatives
  • About 15 direct hourly reports
  • Cash handing/operations

Why apply to this position?

  • This position offers a predominantly Monday through Friday daytime schedule (with the need to flex for some evenings and weekends as business requires)
  • There is a great opportunity to make an impact and build a great team
  • Sodexo provides unparalleled opportunities for career advancement
  • You’ll have creative freedom to help design menus and promotional outreach
  • You’ll report to an experienced and knowledgeable manager

Responsibilities and key expectations for this position include:
  • Establishes a safe work environment
  • Utilizes Sodexo tools and programs to develop client, customer, and staff relationships, to ensure account retention
  • Implements and fully utilizes all Sodexo tools and programs to ensure financial outcomes
  • Directs daily operations of food service to ensure employees have appropriate equipment, inventory and resources, ensures operating standards and regulatory requirements are met
  • Develops and implements plans, projects, with defined objectives, methods, timetables and budget to support client and Sodexo strategic plan
  • Ensures adherence to all HR standards for Sodexo, client, and regulatory agencies
  • A minimum of 3 years' management experience in fine dining.
Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Sodexo offers a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K and access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs.

Not the job for you?

At Sodexo, we offer Culinary positions in a variety of business segments, including Corporate, Schools, Universities, Government and Agencies, Healthcare, Senior Living and Sports and Leisure locations across the United States. Continue your search for Culinary jobs.

Working for Sodexo:
At Sodexo, you will find the ingredients for a great culinary career. With benefits including schedules that encourage work-life balance, reimbursement of association dues and continuing education opportunities, you’ll enjoy an improved quality of life that’s unique in the hospitality industry.
What We Offer:
Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.
Position Summary:
Provides leadership and supervision for the on-site food service exempt and non-exempt level staff in the delivery of our contractual agreement with the client. Provides supervision for food services at account/unit to ensure client satisfaction and retention for the company. Implements business practices in order to uphold company mission, values and commitments made in the Sodexo client contractual agreement.
Key Duties
  • Establishes a safe work environment
  • Utilizes Sodexo tools and programs to develop client, customer, and staff relationships, to ensure account retention
  • Implements and fully utilizes all Sodexo tools and programs to ensure financial outcomes
  • Directs daily operations of food service to ensure employees have appropriate equipment, inventory and resources, ensures operating standards and regulatory requirements are met
  • Develops and implements plans, projects, with defined objectives, methods, timetables and budget to support client and Sodexo strategic plan
  • Ensures adherence to all HR standards for Sodexo, client, and regulatory agencies

Qualifications & Requirements:
Basic Education Requirement - Associate's Degree or equivalent experience
Basic Management Experience - 2 years
Basic Functional Experience - 2 years work experience in food or culinary services including restaurants, fast food, vending, catering services, institutional services, mall food courts, etc.

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.

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